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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Difficulty in knowing wheterh I'm recording or notRe: Difficulty in knowing wheterh I'm recording or not
From: vincent <vinnroc_at_optonline.net>
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 11:28:49 -0500 ditto!!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rocker" <rocker_at_shaw.ca> To: "Glenn at home" <GlennErvin_at_cableone.net>; "Rockbox development" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 9:31 PM Subject: Re: Difficulty in knowing wheterh I'm recording or not > Glen wrote: > So that is why we greatly appreciate all the efforts put into making these > units accessible. > > Dam straight! I have begun to take my talking box for granted. Every once > and a while I pause to reflect on the beauty of it all. What a privilege it > is to have an off the shelf product made accessible by people who certainly > did not have to do it. All I can say is we blind rockboxers have truly > benefited by the efforts of the crew. You people have done a great service! > > OK...Time to put away the crying towel and go listen to some pirated > Metalica! lol! > > Merry Christmas to you all...rocker > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Glenn at home" <GlennErvin_at_cableone.net> > To: "Rockbox development" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> > Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 6:13 PM > Subject: Re: Difficulty in knowing wheterh I'm recording or not > > > As folks can tell, this kind of technique works, but hap hazardly, if you > are in a loud environment, or if you want to listen to the program. Many of > us Blind folk have found some work-arounds which work for many things, but > often it involvs a lot of human memory usage, or not getting the full > potential out of a product. > So that is why we greatly appreciate all the efforts put into making these > units accessible. > I was using my unit before any voice features were available outside of the > folder names, but I have too many other things to keep in my thoughts than > the number of arrows to get around in my MP3 player. > Thanks to all. > Glenn > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dj Paddy" <dj.paddy_at_ntlworld.com> > To: "Rockbox development" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> > Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 10:25 PM > Subject: Re: Difficulty in knowing wheterh I'm recording or not > > > Hi there. I hope I can be of some help here. > > For the noises from the hard drive. > > Set your playback volume to 79% and this will prevent either the internal or > if you're using one an external microphone picking up the spinning noise as > the drive buffers. Which is what the funny squeels are that you and your > wife heard. > > This is what I've found works from my personal experience using the Unit. > > I know what you're saying about thinking your recording when you're not. > > I am also a blind user. > > I use the unit to record my lectures on my computer science degree in > University. > > I do the following to check to make sure I'm recording. > > Once you've pushed play on start recording the drive spins. > > If you push it again it may or may not spin. However, every minute or so if > you have the drive in your hand you'll feel a small vibration from the drive > whilst it buffers during recording. This can be very slight depending on > what drive you have. But it is a way I use to check every so often it's > still recording. > > I hope this is of some help. > > Barry > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jerry Van Baren" <gerald.vanbaren_at_smiths-aerospace.com> > To: "Rockbox development" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> > Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 8:53 PM > Subject: Re: Difficulty in knowing wheterh I'm recording or not > > > > Kathy Szinnyey/Fred Otto wrote: > >> ...hook the remote control port up to your ear-lobe and generate a small > >> electric shock - LOL Ouch! > >> > >> Okay, so yous guys are just about the coolest hacks I know. Okay, > > > so maybe my flattery won't get me anywhere, but I do hope you all > > > think about this some more. I'd just like to know, as a totally > > > blind person, whether I'm recording or paused. It's such a sad > > > moment in my day when I think I've pressed that play button twice > > > only to discover somehow I still wasn't recording! > >> > >> On another subect . . . Why do we sometimes get weird sounds from > > > the hard drive during a recording? My husband and I were recording > > > a performance, and we went back to listen to it, there were a couple > > > of odd squeals that came from out of nowhere. Seemed to somehow be > > > coming from the hard drive. > >> > >> Thanks for all your help and for all the interesting discussion. > >> > >> Kathy Szinnyey > >> _______________________________________________ > >> http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox > > > > It would take a non-trivial hardware mod (DISCLAIMER: I have not looked at > > the motor specs to verify that this would work)... > > > > If you removed the red LED and fed the wires out the case (perhaps use the > > 4th connection on the line in jack (?) -- the "digital out" line), you > > could connect a pager vibration motor to the wires. When Rockbox is ready > > to record it blinks the LED, which would give an intermittent vibration. > > When it is recording, the LED is on which would give continuous vibration. > > > > __ > > ---- NO pushbutton switch > > v+ >----o o-+----+ > > | | > > - | > > diode ^ (O) vibrator motor > > | | > > LED >---------+----+ > > > > I would add the normally open pushbutton switch so that the motor is > > driven only when you need the feedback. I would also mount this in a > > remote box so that it is protected and the vibrations are isolated from > > the Rockbox (important if you are using the built-in mic). > > > > ---- > > > > On your second question, are you using the built-in mic? It picks up the > > hard drive mechanical noise. There is no avoiding this. > > > > Some people have also complained that the hard drive (apparently) induces > > noise in the power supply lines which is picked up by the analog input > > circuitry even though they are using the line-in function. This seemed to > > be a function of individual units, not a cross-the-board issue. > > > > gvb > > _______________________________________________ > > http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox > > _______________________________________________ > http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox > > > _______________________________________________ > http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox > > > _______________________________________________ > http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox > _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox Received on 2004-12-23 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |